The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, July 07, 1875, Image 1

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'-.Ji -, Asssssssuzr.jRorr.nir.fi. (W. L. BRISTOL,FAMILYGROCERRoopH everything pertaining tolit n linn rf Qfn nln nnrl Pnfv CX t"-sorios, Woodonwaro, VogctublCH,i'mits, &c, &c.'mmTry My Now Stylo MixedT 313Different Combination From anyBeforo Oll'orcdin tho Market,and of Excellent Flavor.Whittaker HamsWISCONSIN BUTTER,8wet RichCentral Hop YeastA. train Thin SumraT.NEW STYLELAMP CHIMNEYS,SEE TITEMNo.32 EIGHT STREETCAIRO ILL.)AICoal Coal.PITTSBURGH,PARADISE,ST. JOHN'S andPEYTONA CANNELOrders for Coal by tho car-load,ton, or in hogsheads, for shipment,promptly attended to.tray-To largo consumers and allmanufacturers, wo aro proparedto supply any quantity, by thooaonth or year, at uniform rates.' CAIKO CITY COAL COMPANY.tT-IIullMuy Itro 'it oflici;, No 70 Ohio I-cvee.rt-llairiiUiy liro 'a vvharfboat.t Kvi l.'syptlaii Mills, orjJAt ihctoml Dump, foot of Tlihly-Kiglitris tEJ-l'oit OlEcc. Drawer.JOHN TANNER,lUhill Dealer InSCOTCH ALE"AMI-English. PorterImported from Now York City.DEPOTNo. 178 Wntihimrton Ave.Conior Klovontli St.,OAinO, XXjXj-REST! HESTlEver proHont "Rest for tho Woary.".M.illrcc , Pillow mid llnMer tf G. W HICK'SMattress Manufactory,liiiicr !' Nhicleciith unit 1 !. i- pIiiiIh, hcHtccn lliu New Voil; Moiv uml I'ol Tut Inr's ofIliT, in follow-.. 1'xcelslor uml Mim ic .Vlat-ne-'i'S.full alc, cotton top. v '' iccnml size,-oilnii lop, .- pnul plain .lini K Mtillic-cs, lint i?'t l.oiiiw, Musle, uml Lilli .Multic v ati tduccd prices to Mill llir Irani lliue. Tcim,strictly lllshest nitli price paid I'liroorn.hack, dtilveicd al i ) i l.ietnitAOi-il&w-luIbo Prlvnto Presort jitl on Booli,bei.TC (.VU.ilHUii'.uV .i.-iiior inr I 111011'lo aii'l Heiuat VUomcHm .l.iluim,lirti.tl.uii. t'.i.rtii, i!.i.i.iiii.i.i.,ril.'.lll'luln, Vmlmi-tl., Iliilrm-li'. HerJ Bfl "".KJIJiamiJ.U.lBklH IHlOUM., l.tilillllVailrt Kili.iiallni. tmrnlxii.I CJ, oloil.Mnciuie ki-.I nil .1 l.t u.i . .iiu Hum ceuN 01ll luiiirm outSlfabUl. .ava t mi., u.. .... I ... .1.1.III KWI,i SB Otlltl l..r 11.1. VrlinlnProrlption Book, i liuMARRIAGE GUIDEiliii.Vul iircicrlHiJiNcw Mclliodi of Trci,UCut I. rtbi Iwuii, tMt c SO ycr oipcrlenoe, nunr..Ittr who or wh.l ell. li frUxl. A rilULW luM. IurM.rrl.4 nlllio conlmiplntlnf Uirrlw. lUtrHloc lui.jrltot f.ru rouci J la nootber work. Mille4 uivlcr .1.1 carttliU( J5c.un. H&rmt. THE AMERICAN REMEDY CO..' No. 703 Wu Street, HT. .oriN.VIO,illVOL. 7.St he 3ulltin.INDEPENDENCE DAYJ3STO. SI. OBEKLYON TIIKFiftta. Cay a 3-w.ly, 1S7Son tlic occttslmi of tlir cflcbrallon ofAini'iUaii liiilci(!iiili'inv, at .Mur1iyoiruii, illlllOI1, oil .Miiint.i ln-t (tin'roiulli oofitnlti mi Siimlay). Mr. .lolniII. (Jliirly, Hi ir.ilof of I lie day."'I mkc a follow :iiik niiri.ii:ui'.v.fiVii'i"; III 'NOH- U " lii I1I1.Moiiuilf-i, .1 Hi-rwMi Mty : " I Ikim- 'diiicliiiH'i' ukcil niy.-i'ir. whcllicr my i:ouulryU tlic Ix'tliT lor my lialn-; lived nl nil."Willi tin- iiiii.iri'iii liiiL'iitlnn of jiillfylnjrliliiio-lf In xlvlii an nlllinintlvu ivjily toliii own tlon. he ity : " I liavf bi'i'iilli' iii'triiniiiit of ilolnv (lie followingtlilny;" and, In llici'iiiiiiii'iiitloti, ii.-iiip-tin-Oi'iilnnillon ol liidi'iK-iiiUMicf. Andnot witlioul ivicoii did In1, In tliN coiini'rlloii, tiii-nlioii 1 1 1:1 1 limit I'.iin-. fur,llionjth he U cntitk-d In icini'iiiliniiii'lor many oilier M'l'vii-c-. tin; tuct that hl1 -ii v rote It lia- itiimortnlii'il lii- name,made It a liou-eliolil word ainon liteonlitrymiii, and .'aered to 'tni,ssHnImmanlty In every land on ulileli ) tfull- tin- ''liadow of a erown.known, mi m;ii inrin-.It via-once eavlkil, that the Deelatatlon eontulii" known not new tinth-;and, at a later ietlo, ft was dc-nuiina'd n a nia of 'lltteiln piiicral-ltle-.To a cit, not di-eover, tllllh-,Hie piirpo-ti of the men who irotniilfrtil the Declaration: ami thctx'torc.ns been r-alil, It eoiitalin no new Itruth-; and the old one- It eontain- wereinert until .leMVrron had punned them,and hy the vote ol the (.uii!n of theAmi rlfan eolonip'' they had lieeomc thetitteranco of the American iMiile. A--hreatliof thepioiihelelotln'd the dryhone- a the valley with ile-h, and In-,formed them with life, -o that vole vitall.cd, jfavo life and power to, the truth- ofthe Di-el.iratlon, whleh, a ecntnrv ii"o.tlciKiiidencc and empire, nw 'u" iVitcljthrough a ino-l Moody eoulllet to freedom and the t (ju.ility of nil men hcforc the law. Mill vital, they "litterin the van of the advaiiehj;,' column ofpolitical pro're-a.WIIV UF.CI..tlIVTII)X ASU NOI CONMIII-riox iiavVAimii.dly wc eclehrjtc the day uponwhleh the Declaration became the act olthe colonic-. It jr.tvi.' to u- nojroverumcilt; It did not c-lahli-h the 1 'nion ; Itdid not ,-ecure to any citl.en hi- Ilhcriy,or him in person or property, a- did theConstitution of Why then do wepass by the day on whlcli tlic Coii'iitulloii went Into operation, when Ihcfouiid.itiou-of Ihc l.'nlon were laid broadand deep, .mil thcl.Tnltel States becamen nation, to celebrate Ihc day n whichthe colonics uttered the trite truth-andthrew Into the face of the world the gilttcrin;: generalities ot .Icller.ionV Torthe bet of reason'. Itec.iu-e, more lhanthe Constitution more than any of theother words, written or -noken, of theFathorsof the Itcpubllc the Declarationof Independence has liilhienccd thcil's-tiiile of thl- people.AN ITI'M IN A I.O.Niilie who will review the event- of ourhistory cannot doubt thi-; and much evidence might I educe hi proof, but letone Item In the long 1M .-ulllcc.In the original draught ol the ron-tbtiitlou was the following elau-c :"Huli.li umkisI cincl iv.irin.tlii-t liiimm nature ll-cll", lolitlni; in ino-t Nien-I rliilits oflllVr.ii'l lllwrty In tlic poroiiKit"u ill.t.int lieoplewho liav iii'MT ollVniUil lilni, eapllviilliiK mi'li-h i j iiitf tin in lulu Hlatciy In an illicr hi'ialspliiii'.or to incur iiiUti'iilili'ili'iitli in iln-lr li-.m.-porlalloitUiilliiT. 'I III- piratical uuilaic, ll.eiipprelniiiiii of iMisnr.i. wiicis, U hi watfinvof the iiiii-ti.w Kin;; ol (iie.it llilialii. DeterinliMil In keep iiHii it inarkcl tilu-ir linnnhnilM lie IhiiikI'I ami nM, he his prolllultsMs m-Kiitlvu furiuppri-liificr IcK'Isialiiciitlinilil to piuhlliit this I'Mviahli. coinmcrcc..Viullh.it tlii.iiM'inlil.ii;iMit horrors iiilh'ht wantno lad ol 'IMInstil-hnl ille, lie U uoiv Incllhu;Unite vi'iy piHiplu lo iri In iinin unions u-, umlto piircha"-. that libel ly of iihlch he has ilepritisl lliein, hi muivleriiij,' I lit- pcoplu inionwhom he iil.-o olitrii'lisl lliini thus paying oil'forniercilini'- coninnllisl naln-l Ihc lllwiiies ofone people lilt ci lines which he mires II.. m l..I'oliilllil iiKnlll-t the lili- of another.Thl-', wo arc informed by .IcIVcr.-ou,was. struck out In complaisance lo .SouthCarolina and Ucorgla; and he adds:" Our Northern biethien, nl-o, I believe,fell a little lender under tho.-c censure- ;for, Ihoiioh their people had very fewslave-, yet Ihej had been piclty con-id-crablccarriers ol lhciii to nther.s."lilts COMPIIO.MIsi; Willi SI.VVI.IIVwas. eoutliiiicd lu Ihc Cnn-lilutioii downtlirougli all tho eventful years of ourhistory to the liitbcllloii; but in all thattime, ringing hi the euro ol the, peopleand eon-taully confronting .Slavery, werethoso other words of the Declaration :" All ini'iiaic.civali'il opinl they iiicciiilowcilby their Creator w ilhceilalu lliallenalilc liltilil-ianions llioi' me Life l.llierly ami llic I'lir.'iill ofllaiipliie-'.,"i in; fiirroN uin,Four year after Hie adoption ol theCoiistllutlon, a Mas-achit-ets man, I'llWhitney, invented the Cotton Glu, andtho snowy Maple of the South wascrowned King. This great Inventionnot only redistributed population luEngland, ami built up In that countrygreat innnufiicturlng cities, but also gaveto slavery vast lnllueiicu lu America. IIcreated a revolution In Industry, hut Hidnot, powerful as It was, break' tho forceOCao, X3-J.lloti.tT. 33u.llila.cr. Csxaaor T-.-.-olftlJ. Ctret an.A Wato-Tils-irs-to-. Airoaue.CAIRO, ILLINOIS, WEDNKSDAY,of the words of .leller-oii ; and, al last,.1 ...I I .1 nlni'Iov tf d.lt'ltrf (t('' MimiH'll 1111- HJUim-.-'M .'.tin -j , ... i 1power and left them poor Indeed. forty-thrce patent lorngricu tural liuple-vviin uoriitH nut,' menls had been taken out In America," Ii wi ' nvs Draper. "Ihc eifceU of au.l thai tlucc limes that many have.' ' ' .. ........ .....1 I I., lu'l'l llw. Iinreoil.l. in i i.re nf t ie Nor I t int loin !'with -neb fearful clfecl upon ln-r antagonist, and firaugled the hlave I'owerbymaintaining a blockade along three thoiiaud miles of coaM." lu one sen-e IhNIs true; but who In'tlevei, thai If. whenIhc Continental emigres struck fromthe original draught ol the Declarationthe clause denouncing the African-lave ttadc. it had also struck out theclau-c declaring Liberty In be one of IhcInalienable right" of man, theic wouldever have been any occa-iou to ihc Ihcmachinery of tho North agaln-t the SlavePower? It was the purpo-e of Ihc leaders ol the Confi'ileiale movement to con(nlidalc that power by creeling a government upon the idea of the lueiiuallty oflimn ol the Mipeilorlty and Inferioritynf nice and clae, upon tne Idea olcyte. "The -lone rejecled by Ihc llr-lbuilder.-,' .aid the Vice President of theConfederacy, di-eiu-hig lid- -ubjet t. " Ubecome Ihc thief tone lu the corner ofthe new I'dHlLe." Hut the attempt va-tui-iicces.ful;and what tlcfealcd II'?Not the machinery of ihc N'orih. but" W'unl", won, woril- "the immortal word.- of the Declaration ofIndependence. Tliesu wire, indeed, thofountain, Iroui whieh Mowed the rill ofaiitb-Iavery, that gicwa- ll ran tlirouglithe year-until it became a great torrentand swept from the 'oil ol the l.'epubliethe di-gniec of human boudnse.v i.i:.m;i: u. ih.i;s-im..Hid not upon Ihc .-lave alone did theDeclaration confer ble-sng?. Its wordbecame Idea- who-e subtle Ine-i-tlblepower ha- defeated every a'.lempt lo engraft upon our political In-lilulloiis anymouarchlal or ari-tocralie fcatuie.-.Thc-c idea- have exalted Ihc people Intothe -eat of sovereignty, and adherencelo them will not fall to -eeiire lo it-, andto our po-terity, to the latest generation,the iuc-timahle hieing- of Liberty.The words penned by the great Democrat ol America, in 1770, have become aspowerful a- an army with bannerstronger even than Jhc" VV'onl- wl-e liucuii ami brave ll.ilcUh,ke."mi: ii.unii.u iaki:n i'p; ini: nii i.r.The Declaration was the gauntletthrown down before Great Kritaln. shelook. it-up, and the strnle that ciiMicdrc-ulletl in the Indepcndcnix' ol' the Cnlonle. and the establishment of the government of the I' lilted States n... iImiKirtanl event," nsl.onl nrut(iiuiiibutrutniiuiy aui. "in tne History ot our-pecte-." I'oreibly and Iruthfullv headd-:II cJlerlj iris. ,.iillni-.l lo .VllKrini Itni.iii........ iii-Tjiit-ii uii iniT lit. tlt.rl.l I.. trl.foplili'ssloii. Itsaxean example of 11 ureal (,pie not only i iiuncipatliiy Ihi-ni-eiifj., bill i,vcriilii? Iliniistllil w llhoiil cithern Jlonarchy oran Arl-locmcy to rr-trnln thenii ami it Ueiiionetrated, for the llrt time lu the hl-lorv or theiiorhl contrary to all Ihe i.nsllcllons of stntesnifii unit the Ihtsirles ami ( nilathe Impiiries,that a limit nation, l.ru iluly prvpaitsl fur thetiiik, is riipahle of M'lf-yiiirniiiicjit ; In i.il,eriturils, that 11 ptuvli Kepiihllcau form of trot eminent ran In- foiimleil sml iiiaiiitiiintsl in a country of vat rMMii, lrf"iplis l,y millions of in-haliltal.l-."Illtll.l.I VNT VII.1.IFR AHO.S.Hut not favorable Is tho opinion of allmen concerning our political institutions.There aic even among ourselves thosewho believe that the predictions ot thestatesman, and the theoric- of the speculative Inquirer referred to by Hrougliain,will yet be verilled hi the downfall of theliepublic. To this sentiment, ThomasCarlyle, the great genius of Snarl andc-tlmablc blackguard of English literature, who scolds like a llshwoinmi inprose a mu-lcal as It is rugged, gave exjireion, a quarter of a century ago, inbrilliant villlllcatlou ot our institutions,lu his Latter-Day Pamphlets, replyingto the Inquiry: "Why should not allnations tubrl-t and llourl-h on Democracy as America has'" he says :"S1110 enough, .Vineilca Is gnit, in manyli'.-pich :i hoHl'ul pheiinimiiou. Mire enoiijihthc-e hanly inillion-of Aolo-'-nvoii men proletlieiu-elies worthy of their Kin'-'loiry; 11mlw ilh u uiul iloM'nnil h.uuiiier, If not jet withany much liner In pleiueiits, me triumphant!)clnirlliKOlll Wiilc. spaces, scislllchls for the misIcuanii' ami ii l'use of m.iukinil, iiienas for 1 1 10inline hl-tory of Hie ivoild, iloinx lu their ilaytiml K'lur.illoii a cnililulilc ami cheeiiul;thins; umler the sun Hill iu 11 .Miel I'epubllc,as a luoilcl llliylliiii, Ihc w ite unions UuIIIm hisknow tlieie is notliiiiu' to lie. calil. Nnv, Hietitle hlthcilo lobe 11 C'oiiiiiioiim callh or .Nationut nil. Is, liicilj t'tnislitfivilllll 11 tiling iheyme stilling lor.iuiil imlecil haiu not jet limit'lunch towiinl iitl.ilnlnj;. What new t ltiiienl of national pi. Illy or iiiitiouhooil, whatliohlc new plia-cs of hum'aii mniiip iiienl, orMicl.ll llellce Mol'lllt ol I '1 1 111 lit I ill is or of l'.illiietheils. el comes lo lliiht In Ameiici? Cot Ionciops mill luillan coin nnililollars come to lliihl;uml half 11 M01 M of iiutilhililc laml, while popul.ilion thai 1 f.-j .lets Ihc cou-l.ible can llic, lortlin pieM'iil, ulthoilt liott'l'liliieiil Hits ciimes toIIkIui uml the proroiiml mm run of nil uoblirheails, licit' llllillliii lletlf us .lleul palll-litimutter.ilile ciiiuil, llieii'lciuuiiiK out as valineflfjjiiif ualllns tli.it thtie in iicm lo liiilhiliiiioic. IV.i-e to Inns to mo ol .Vnu'iiciiami lis umilil institutions nui coti-fitutioe,'l oiniii lu their rivi there l nollilnj; jimntisl111 mis uoiiiii in 11 11 1 1 ik. or us v'ooii as noiinns,1 to men lli.it lt Idly caiicu-liii ami liallot-ho-IIns 011 the liiaves of their liciole uncc-ilor-, i-av-II1111: ' II Is well, II Is well." Myfileml, Inns not yd of our .Vmeiicaii roii.-lu-!I lu ll iu.iutlly of cotloii, ilollais, liulii-ir) umllooiuce- I hcllcM' to he iilllln-l lin-pctikithlc;I hut 1 can hy no menus imi'-IiIi ihc like of IhcseWhat jSii-M human colli, what mint tlioiijjhl,ithal steal uohlc lliiuir Hint mic toiilil Wor.lilp,or In; ally inbuilt', has ! been proiliiccil Iherc V. .Nolle) I lie American cousins huu'iil ilonc noneof llitv-etlilui'i "I Willi AN AND PLOW VNH ll.V.MMIllt.'Hie I ileal Snaiier inlght not lalsifvhi Ihc very face of the miu, el-e wouldhe have denied lo our -oil oven fertility ;bill, wilh Ihc fact In the eye of tliu wholeworld, he has been compelled lo admit(hat 011V ivsouiiv-are uii-pcakablc ; thatthere is mud enough, and fierce sunciioimh, hi llic Mlsst-.-lppl valley alono togrow Indian corn for all (lie extant posterity of Adam ; that wo are clearing outFecdllelds lo be a refuge and provide sustenance for all mankind to be arenas forthe future hKtory ol I lie world, llutitlltills wo are doing, says our traducer, withwith implements no litter, as yet, thanthe ax mid plow and hammer, Tho factsrun counter lo thl- as-ettioii. They tellaunlher ami a more Mattering talc. Theywiv tli.it tin In lsf-:. two thousand iimloeen liiiienn ii -one. in i.-lug o'f grain by Improved machinery wasllrst elfected In this country ; and hi 1S.1I,the year after Thomas Carlyle wrote asI have quoted, at a great exhibition atl.opdon under CarlylcV cry no-cAmerican reapers eaiiiid oil Ihc palm.Wherever Amcilean agricultural machines have come into direct competlllonwllhtho-e of Itrill-h or l'uropean cotistiucllon, llic American machines haveIk on proved to be superior. Tlic value,In 1S70, of the agricultural Implementand machinery of thi-country amountedto about $:!0O.0CO,0C(i, and in thi" estimate Ik not Included the ax null plowand hammer, nor cotton gin?, scythes,hoe-, nhovcN, spades, forks, wagon",c-irti or wheelbai'iows. "Willi ax andhammer mid plow, if not yet wilh muchliner kind of implement," :.y Carlyle.The snarling author of the Latter-DayPamphlets must permit the tact-of 1870to correct his falsehoods ot K10 !w nr spAcr,-' ir.nufinii- tiu.NAs.Wide -jiaccs .-ccilllchls tor the sti-lc-tiaiH-eof mankind arena- fur the futurehl-tory of the world ! Tho-c we arcprepaiing hi Aincilca. Let u thank, forthc-e words, thl- Shy lock of literature,who would take from nearest our national Ileal L the pound ol lle-li. Whiilgreater pral-c could be betoed uponUs'r There, In the Kasl. Is lairopc: luthe Wt-I, Aia. In l"uio.'. tlic oldphase.- of tyrannical violence and eru-h-iugilc-iioli-iu stand iu bold Hicf m I lielight of Ihc present time; ami lu A-ia.national apathy and pcisoinl degradation, lu the Wt-t i- seen tie' ennui ofhuman -la-;natlon: and in (lie Hast Uheard mil vague elegiac wailings, butluud lamentation- over llic condition ofmankind. From the Ka-t and Ihc West,from all Ihc clfetc de-poti-nis. of theworld," u ho-t 1- lloekiug to the wide'pace8, the -cedliehls of Auiiiiea. thearena- of future hl-toiy. From (ircatHritaiu ha- come, since 1S-D, about threenilllloiis of .-mils, and from other conn-trie-olKuropc a great ho-t : nut to complain In silent patient unutterable ennui,or iu vain elegiac walling.-, that lu America no new elements of polity or nationhood, no noble new plia-c- ol humanarrangement or ocial device worthy ofPrometheus or Kphnethott- have cometo light, but to throw oil" Ihc Old, toJiu-h the moan of dl-contenl, and, witha whole continent for a theater, touwalicn to i. w -en-col Hie dignity ofman nun learn to .-lug the clioorful -ongsoi pro-penty anil lllierly ; to be participant-,equal with us iu noble ncwphacsof human arrangement and social device,n .ii 1..,- nit. .filler of JVoinethcus, inon:benellcitd to us than the lire wilh whichthe god armed man; worthy, ton, ofFpimcthcu-, ihc Fplmclhcus of the oldcivilization, with power potent enoughto de-troy all the political plagues thathave o-caped from the jar of the god,opened long ago by the Pandora ofkingly might.tin: worn; or hm: inn: CAt ci -mis andn.vi.i.o r-no-i:i:-.These come to u. and do not timl uinen si'tins: idly caiieu-ing -mil ballotboxing on the graves of our heroic ancestor-,saving, la.ily. "It is well. It iswell,'' but men active in the alfulr- oflife, aetinu'" In the living pi'.'i-entIleal t within ami tmil u'etlieail."Little do we of America indulge iu thepleasure- of indolence; and, contemplating tLc re.-ult- of the valor and witdoinof our heroic ance-tor.--, wc say, " It Ivvell, it Is well," not iu the tone of theLotus Katers. "Ingitig wearily :" l t us iilonc. What pleasure can wc have'l'o war Willi c II v I tin ix' nny peacelu eur clinibliiifiip tlie cllmhliis wave? " 'but proudly, hi Ihc voice of men who,even through sore trial and great travail,are unalterably determined to maintainwhat was -cciuvd to them lu the gloomyhours of the nation'- birth; of men who,with bu-y minds and ludiislriou- hand-,arc making the wlldciuc to blnoni tithe ro-e.I- thi- doubled? Then look aroundyou. Here, in the wllileine-s of Aiucrea, ha- arisen, willilu how brief a period,a grand empire, embracing within Itsbonier-three millions two hundred andlllty Ihou-aud ,-qtiare ndU-.an empirelarger than till Kuropc, inhabited bytuoro than forty millions human being-.These have occupied and are cultivatingmillion- of acres ; have liullilcd cities a'magniliceut as tho-e of the nation, boastin" tliiiii:iniK nf v, mi' i v I.... . ,have gridlioned Ihc liepublic with rail,road,: have wuriueil the river.-, thegreatest In Ihc world, with sleaiuboatR;have swung across Ihou-atid- of nillesthe electric telegraph wire; have openeda gold bearing region slretehlug throughnearly eighteen degrees ol latitude andmore than twenty degree of longitude,forming tin area of more than a millionsquare miles ; have opened mines of sliver ami iron ami lean ami coai ; inivcgivcu to the world thousands of wonderful Inventions; have made labor not onlyhonorable but grand; and, with wcap.ous lu hand, lu huge battle and wrc.-tlc,have vindicated tho work douu by thebattle-lighter-- and cou-tllullou-mtikcr.-ofour revolutionary era. Tho worktills of tho idler.-! of Carlyle, of his cauciiscrs and ballot-boxers, sitting on thograves or their heroic iiiicesnrsT?aTlngT" It is well, It Is well !" The sceno'ls be-vvllderlng upon which to-day tho ilur-quenching angel of tho dawn looks downas ho travels with broad slow wing fromtho shores of llic Atlantic to the shores'JULY 7. 1875.of the Pacill. The story of Americandevelopment .sounds like tale told bySeheheraade.a inti: vi Tiint'iim.Who Is It that says tltl wonderful people have produced no great thought V Agreat thought Is an event. Few havestaitled ihc world. The great thinkerscome only at rue interval'. Hut hereIn America vvn born the great thoughtthai charter" ol power should be grantedby liberty. From time Immemorial,charters ol liberty had been granted bypower. The victorious -oldlcrs, freshfrom won batlle-llcld-, crowned andsecptcicd, had .-aid to I he people: "Voirmay." At llunnyinede. tho bold barons,to King .John, aid : " Vou tnii-t. permitii". Liberty thu came by cither thefavor or the feir of povver. Hut ourwise ancestors thought another thought,a great thought, Indeed. "America,'''ay .Madi-on, " ha- .-ct the example ofcharter.- ol power granted by llbetiy.Tills icvolulloii lu the prailce (if thoworld may, with an houc-l pral-c, bei...ti.,.Mi,, ...I ,1... i t, in, . ii.i, ! ..,....l. !I"" ii'-'." iiiv-i in. "mi hi 1ol it.- ni-iory. ami tin: most eou-oiingpre-iigeof It' li.'ippltie . Wc look backaheady, wilh a'.toul-lnueul, tit the daring outrage" committed hy despotism onthe rea-oti and the l ight- of man : wclook lorward with joy to the periodwhen it shall be dt .-pulled of il- u-urpa-tloii',and hound I'm ever iu the chainswith which II 'a- loaded Its ml-crablcvictims.'" The people of America werethe llr-l to -ay to power: " Ymi may ;"and not lu vain, for the people of othercotinliic-. Ihc people, the only earthlyourcc of authority, have commenced tothink lid- great thought of otir's, which,lu time, will topple all throne.-, andvvecp them, witli re-i-tles- force, overN'lagara. -battering them.a hi:i:a'i iir.viA.v sun..H ho is it that say.- thi- Uepublle,horn of political and moral revolution,li:i- produced no gical human -oul? lielitis not seen what all the word ha", theimposing form of Washington, standlm:before the marked men of the world, luthe clement- of human noblcne.-.s. thegreatest of them all. The champion of thi- llbertle- of tlic people, Wa-hlugloii compelled theadmiration of the advocates of despotism : and, at this day, even tnonarchs ontheir thrones name him but to pral-c.The people everywhere reverence Idsmemory. In defeat, lie did not despair ;in victory, lie was modest. Havingachieved the Independence of blscountry,at tlic head ot a victorious army elatedby succe-s and proud of it general, lie-tood the guardian of the liberties of Hidpeople. Thrice, upon the Lupcrcal, wasC.-e-ar oll'ered a kingly crown, which hedid thrifts rell-e; but to Wa-liiiigfnu acrown was offered but once. Ho did notput It iiocl; vtlth a hesitating hand, binfirmly and tleelslvely cast. It down,humiliating, by a forty rebuke, thosewho had thought lo honor film with thobauble. I am at lo-s to conceive vvViavpari of my conduct could have given encouragement to an addre.-s which to meseems big with the greatest ini-chicf thatcan befall my country. If I am not deceived iu the knowledge of niy-elf, youcould not have found a person to whomyour schemes arc more disagreeable."Thc-e were hi- words. With them hedadicd the oll'ered crown to tho earth.lu civil olllco he was n- much a blessingto his country a he had been at the headof the army, lie was tundc-t, wise andllriu ; and. iu the language of Fox, " derived honor le"s Iroin the splendor of hissituation than from the dignity of hismind." No greater human soul ever existed. Hu w as even worthy of Ihc word"that Kt'skiuc penned, when, iiddrc-'lnghhn, lie wrote :Sim I have taken llic Illicit; lo hilroiliiiT-.our misust ami immortal inline in u unlciuewhich will be foiiuil lu the book I semi oii. Ih.ieiilai'';eiit'iiialnlani'u anions the most valuable uml exalliil ut'incn; hut you ate the unitbeing for whom I ever feltiiiinwl'ut letercnec "August and Immortal, Indeed, is thename ol this great human soul, forwho-e memory mankind will feel anawful reverence till the last sllablc o(recorded time."He kept'I'lic whlleiii'Mi of hi- -oul, uml so men o'er himwept.''ii.vvi; wt: a iiovi;iiNMi;Ni ?Hill, though II bu admitted that wehave a quantity ot cotton, corn, dollar",rc-ourcc-5 unspeakable; that with l!uetImplements we aro clearing the arenas offuture history, and even thai wo maybott't'1 of great thought-' nod icalhuman -otils, yd, it Is -aid, we have noright to bo called a Nation that wc arcrunning on without a government "Ii icilyconsidered, This Is the eiitlel-m ol.amonarchist who believes there inu-l boascepter to make, government ; bill it hasno foundation In fact. Wc have a government that ha- been equal lo everyj emergency of peace and war. It' Is trimthat, at Ihc time of il- organlat! II-I success wa- problematical, but " underJ the guidance of some of the most virtuI ous stalesincn ever called to adminl-lerj national all'air.-," It was put into operaI tlon, and experience, has proved II lobebelief Ih.ui It" tnii-t sanguine admirers1 believed It would be. II lias Micces-lhllymaintained its mithuiily and lias neverfailed to vindicate lis honor.; PAI'IIII K IIIINIIV'- I'lIVIls.It U also true that at It, organl.allunNeeds of dissension were -.own in thej failure to abolMi slavery, and iu tho iio' ni'iioiiviicds! We. the People." Thisexpression was denounced hy men llkoPatrick Henry, who recognized lu It thohideous features of consolidation," Should this Constitution go Intoforce," exclaimed Henry, "what willHie State-i have lo do? Take care ot thoNO. 160.poor, repair and make highway.", erectbridges, and n on and so on, AbolUhthe .Slate legislatures nt once ! For whatpurpose should they be retained?"II.WIIt.KIN'i OPINION.A government uch as Henry feared,Hamilton desired, lint he did not licllevoit would bu obtained by the adoption ofthe (.'(institution. It would not bo, hedid not he-llatc to ay, p groat enough(Icpaituie troul the Confederation. Hefeared It would not have power ulllelcntlo unite tlic different members togetherand direct the common forces to the Interest and happiness of the whole..ii:m:ii-oN and madi-so.vhad eonlhlenec In the merits of tlic Constitution, and believed the governmentestablished by it. to be what It has flucebeen de-eiibcd hy Cooley, who says :"In roiilniillsllni'lloii lo llini-e gnvernmviitftv necc (Hitter is uiiiici'iiiiin-si in one mnu, or oneor 1'ioi-c liyillcjt o men, wlio-c Mi.orvllon umlncllti! control rMeiul to nil the nhli-els of iiovcriimenl, wllhlii the territorial ifjnlt, f n."lilt"', llic American mMciii Is one ol comiilctciIis'i.iitnill.itloii, the prlmiry anil vital Pica oftiiiicii is, tn.it local air.ilrs IimII he miua-ifil hylotiooi on-., miu Kciicnii iniiirs unit- oy rnrCell leal ,mcillllCl.nip xt t.i.irii:i:-i and .sKci:jsio.i-i".The identity of the legislative powerol'lhe States with, or rather the substitution oflt for llic -overcignty of the people, between which there Is all the (inference that exl-li between the creature andcreator, Wits asserted by the Nulllllcr." ;and the Sece-donl-ts held that our political -y-tcm wa" a mere league, lu whichthe member- had delegated, but had not.-turcudcrcd, certain attributes of sovereignly lo a common agent, and 1 1 tat eachhad retained the right lo resume the delegated ,'iitilbulcs of sovereignly when il.wi-hed.nil; w Ait nf -i:ci: ion.The pai liamcuttiry battles upon the-equi-lious were hotly coute-lcil ; and skivery, alarmed al the growth of the antlla very sentiment of the North, wa- caslly luduced-to lidl in witli Hie Idea thatsuch State had a light to resume, sit anytime, the delegated power". .Cpou theelection of .Mr. Lincoln to the Prc-ldencyof the I'tilon, tin- -law States acted upontill- idea and the w ar ot !-ece"-inn rc-.-ulfeil.Tills Wii-i the ciisi- of the Itcpubllc.All the Carlyle-of the world shook theirwise head" and -aid : "The rope of sandhti" been separated. The days of theModel 1'epiiblic aro numbered." Hutthey were tal-o prophet". Kvents provedthat the government had the ability tomaintain Itself against most tremendousforces. For a time It hesitated, but atlast it drew the sword and advanced uponthe enemies of the I'lilou.The story of Ihc dreadful war that ensued I will not tell over. During itsprogress the very foundations of Americansociety were disturbed by the mca-iircdtread of millions of armed men ; thousand" ot eltlens fell hi tho fratricidalconllict : taxation was alarmingly Jn-crea-cdand a gr-at debt thrown uponlie, -boulder-o! the nation. Uut Scce-slonwu-.tvttti..i, .i... n.vnlted State" werecompelled to lay down their arms ; slavery disappeared, and evidence the mostIndubitable wa fiirnlhcd that the Republic 1" a power- a government possessedof ability to maintain lisauthoiity withinIts own border-- and compel, if need be,the repeet of the most powerful -nationsof Ihc world. "We, the People,"triumphed oyer "Wc, the Stales," andall the snarling Catiyles were abashed.Over the battle fields of the war for thoUnion you may walk to-day, and see noevidences ot the conllict. Where the llorysquadrons charged where the blue and 'gray avalanches of valor met with dreadlul .-hock where Ihc battle hore trampled the bloody ground where tho torchwas busy wiicrc Patriotism made a holocaust of human lives, to-day till l peace.There ,-taud- the shocked wheat, and thefarmer whistles a" ho works, Upon thucalm beauty of the scene upon cities rebuilt that were dc-troyed upon collageslilting their roofs above eueoinpanslugorchard upon docks chopping quietlytho herbage upon verdant Ileitis upontrees, iu which llic singing bird is heardpouring front Its inueal throat a songol'joy, ami among the leaves of whichthe btcc.e I- running with nimble feetwhispering a- il goc" upon all thl", thoall-beholding hiii look" (town to-day andsees no evidences of the conllict betweenthe North and South. Nature has forgotten ll, and wc of thu North ami sthshould IiiiJi.ii.' hrr example.i'i:sii!vi.i..viiiN--i" tiiniii. PANnnii?We have p.i--ed through this momentoils eoulllcl, and tho cou-olld.illou fearedby Henry ha- not re-ulled; but Mill awarning volccciie-: 'Hcwarc of consolidation ; the process I" going on." Ands there redly any danger? Where thendocs II lurk ? Not, I'ellow-cili.ciis, wherewo are wont to look for It in Cougrc-sand the aiublllou or :'omiillouof the Kxceuilvc, bill where wc have been taughtlo believe our .-ecuilly abldc"--ln Ihccourt- of the country.piiwim or mi. i iii'iii.s.Under our system the courts aro allpowerful ; and neither the Cou-lHiitlonnor Ihc ualute law 1- tht law, unlc-s It-chime-with thcopinlon of the Judge, andthe bar. In Ihelanguageof Lord Hrougham: " 'I he Stales' (.oiti'U, in il the Mipii nif Uoiirtuciicc'lnlly, hate the rlsht. ami It U their houmlenduty, to ilti'l.iitiiinyslvt'ii fuivv which may hatebeen made, wilhull the uppollileil forms of lesMature, unconstitutional, m "Ha 'nut the IliuiUmental principles nt lliu Ktslenil Union, or iniuralnst Hit' lawn of nny Klvcn Statu, ami to re.fuse It nil niHii-iitloii uml t'llet't. . Hut, a law, u.minim Act tiv the nuiircuie IcitlKlatHe power Inone Stnlf. or hy Ciinirrt-'s Itself u sututclotliett Willi nil the leiful Hiilciiiiillltt-ii Uvv, IbrcvampU, to which Hit" two nouses oruoiiimid Hie I'lTHldcnl ot Hit) Union ha to slvenhitsiliflrillsthict it!i-iiit--ls ilwlan.il .illrml. I .1'"'niiii,...,l In lu no law. I., ml uilirul not lo hoblndliiK, Is trvutcil in ii inert! iiillllly, Ikhhucontrary to the lYm-llttttlon i ami this 1$ dote br.tiiil-mi itppolnleil toctecut th liw""Wn&.l-ter JiiMin-iinilrrll " Jilw ,.IL'IKIK-.VIADR HW.I'ndcr this great power the UnitedStates courts always, as all cotirta are,grasping for greater jurisdiction htu be',come dangerous. Tho Constitution? artswhat the Judges say they arc the lawsnre what the judges say they are; and, ItIs a fact, that for overy law made by thelegislative branch of the government,there Is n volume of laws mndc bv theJudgesrule.-' established, as Austin expresses It, tx propria arbitrio ,-1. e., according to their own notions of what oughtto bo law.In this our courts are but followingIn the footstep, nf those of England,where such men as Hcntluuii have denounced judge-made law. Our wholechancery system the entire body ofequity lurlsprtidence Is the work of theChancellors or Judges. The, whole system has been built up since the Jurisdiction of tho Aula Kcges the SupremeCourt of .Titdlcattiio ot Kiiglaud wasMarcelled out and distributed between theKlngVs Bench Court of Common Picasand the Court of Exchequer. In thi!days of llronton, (llanvillc, Hrllton andI'leta, ancient writers of the CommonLaw, nothing was known of equity asa distinct branch of the law. Tlic truthis, It was mane by the courts ; and thelaw-making mill of the judges Is stillgrinding on grinding on In Kngland,grinding on with particular industry. iuAmerica. The grist that has been furnlhetl to m by tlie. I'ultetl States courtsis not to our liking.mi. i.vw or viii;i itninrs.rnderthc provi-Ions of the Constitution, forbidding Hie Slates front passingany law hnparlng the obligation ol contract", the Judge" have enacted the lawot vested light-, behind which all thegrasping monopolies of the country arehiding Ihcin-elve- w bile they rob the people. Says Cooley, In a note to hU Constitutional Limitations:" It Is iiiulcr llic iirotii'lioii of tin; tltclslon hiIhc tl.irlmouth l ollciic c-t.-c that tlic limit enormous uml threatening power hi thin countryhave ln'i'11 rrcatisl ; inniie nf the great unitwealthy corporation ni'lu.illy bavins S?i eaterliitlueuci! lu ihc country ut large and upon theIt'sislnlloii of Ihc country than tin- Male tottnicli ihey owe their corporate exlatenu1.Kver) piltili's.' similed 1, llsht confelltsl nnmattrr by it hat mean, or umler vt hat pretencelielns nude liitlolabk' by the Constitution, theSotermut'lil I, IVtsiiently found strlppoil of Itsauthority lu very Important particulars, byuuitisf, calcic or cm nipt legislation; uml uotau-t" In Ihc Iristrntl CuMlitulion tthosc pur-lio-i-wits lo preclude, the ri'iuidlatlou ot debtsand Just Ci-utl.if.t4, piutcct-i and iierietiute-t theevil "It I- not thi clause of the Constitutionthat protects and perpetrates the evil, andit is not true, as litis been "aid, that theseImprovident grants arc beyond tlic reachof the people. The evil was created notby the Constitution but by judiciary law,mid mut be repealed by public opinion.which, It has been truly said, sets boundsto every government, and l? the real ovcrclgn in every free one.jitiKir.-vi.viii;LAW KlTKOriNOD.VTION.CON'SOLl-Judge-made law stretched the word""eltlens of a Slate" to cover the corporations of the State, and wc have seen hereiu Illinois the United states courts appoint receivers of railroad companies,and authorize them to utterly disregardInjunctions of tlie State court-.-, tho -statutesofthu General Assembly and the ordinances ot titles. These courts, withinour knowledge, have been used by Kuropcan railroad mortgage bondholders, iueolhtsloii with tlin contractor." to buildthe road, to m-MwiUu eltlens of tho Stateout ol just debts; and we have seen themcommand the arrest of tax-collectors, acting under the advice of tho AttorneyGeneral and guilty only of an attempt tocollect taxes due from a railroad company to the State that created it. Andall this has been done under the provisions of Judge-made law, which ha"thus broken down the ordinances of ourcltlc", tlic Constitution and statutes ofour State ami tlic processes ofour courts! It is now being.sugge-teil that Congress shall be evokedto give to the States authority to collcettaxes from corporations in the handsol receivers appointed by United Statescourts, and enforce upon them the statutes of the Slate that tire daily being enforced upon the citizen. This fact speaksvolumes. It proves that thu cry of Centralization is not'a wolf cry. HeretoforeIt has liecu the States that have surrendered power to the general government ;but now Congress Is to be asked thejudge- being willing ! to glvo to theSttites authority to resl-t the usurpationsof thu monopoly-protecting United Statecourt. CONCl.L't-ION.Hut thesu arc clouds. Let us not lookiqiou them longer on a day llko this. Inthe present, with all its .shallow-', wchitvo numb for twifc'i we should be thankful and tho future Is certainly secure.Thu same guardian spirit that has led usthus far In prosperity, warding off danger." that threatened our destruction, willnot deerf us will, If wo aro but trim toourselves, walk with us to tho end. Tono other people have such great luter-c-t-been Intrusted, and tho eyes ofthe people of the whole world areturned upon us in hope?. Let us endeavorto not disappoint that hope; for, If wofall in tho race, Liberty will perish fromthu earth. Let it", remembering the saciillces of our ancestors and their heroic cndi avor." hi lliu eatt"c of human liberty, admiring the vvi-dom they displayed In theorganization of thu government, do tillthat lu its lies to transmit tootirposlerllythis heritage ot liberty unimpaired ; and,standing In the centennial Ihyo of U e.publle, about to (io-e the vohnne ol thofirst century of our existence nfj It nation,upon the pages of which Is written thestory of succcs'ful euiteavor )n tho causeof humanity ami of a greater prosperitythan was ever below vouchsafed fo anypeople, let us pledge ourselves to bo trueto tho prluclplea of our government. Waro patliwakers for the nations, Rud unitnot bocomo weary of our work or beturned aside by the Insidious whisperingsof the enemies of the people.